{"id":1313221,"date":"2019-08-06T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1810018"},"modified":"2019-08-06T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:18:00","slug":"the-mavericks-take-control-with-new-music-90s-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/the-mavericks-take-control-with-new-music-90s-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mavericks Take Control with New Music, \u201890s Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:313639?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/cmtcomstaff\/\" title=\"Posts by CMT.com Staff\" rel=\"author\">CMT.com Staff<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">27m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>As a country band emerging from the Miami club scene, The Mavericks have always sounded different \u2013 and that distinctive sound has carried the award-winning band across three decades. The band broke out internationally in the \u201990s with dazzling singles like \u201cO What a Thrill,\u201d \u201cWhat a Crying Shame,\u201d and \u201cHere Comes the Rain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marking the 30th anniversary of the Mavericks\u2019 formation this year, founding members Paul Deakin and Raul Malo and longtime members Eddie Perez and Jerry Dale McFadden caught up with <em>CMT Hot 20 Countdown<\/em> before a gig in Texas. Rather than rehashing their \u201990s heyday \u2014 when they won a Grammy and a couple of CMA Awards \u2014 the Mavericks today are most interested in the present, as a new generation of fans are thrilled to discover them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UYHOfd-wP3Y?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UYHOfd-wP3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>CMT: It\u2019s the band\u2019s 30th anniversary. How did you wrap your head around that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RM: I gotta be honest. At first I was I was probably the one most hesitant to celebrate 30 years because THAT\u2019S NOT something to celebrate! That\u2019s sick. That\u2019s crazy that we\u2019ve been doing this for 30 years. It\u2019s like, \u201cWho celebrates that? That\u2019s insane!\u201d Also you start to say, \u201cMy gosh, 30 years, that\u2019s pretty incredible in this business.\u201d And you start looking back on all the stuff you\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been, throughout this year, reminiscing a lot and really digging up a bunch of old skeletons in the closet and whatnot, and it\u2019s been a lot of fun. It\u2019s been a beautiful journey. It\u2019s been a crazy journey for 30 years, as it would for anybody in this business.<\/p>\n<p>But all in all at the end of the day, here we are, still fighting. It feels good to be able to make music for so long, for so many people, for so many tours, for so many shows, and people still want to hear it. It\u2019s a beautiful thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1KON6wTonUM?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1KON6wTonUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>To still be relevant and to still have fans, that\u2019s the whole thing, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RM: That\u2019s what keeps you in the game. It really does and I think luckily for us \u2014 we\u2019ve been fortunate enough in this regard \u2014 the [new] music we\u2019re playing resonates as much as the old stuff with the fans. That\u2019s important because we\u2019re not just relying on past glories. We\u2019re pushing forward and making new music. That is very rewarding in and of itself, so we\u2019re loving this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the most different about life for the Mavericks now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JDM: I would say that as a band we are more in control of everything we do. It still requires people that you can work with and to get things done. But we make a lot of the decision ourselves instead of letting other people make the decisions for us. And that\u2019s probably considerably different than the \u201890s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9GeAWEhdUdQ?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9GeAWEhdUdQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>RM: I gotta say, musically we are far more interesting now than we were back then because we\u2019ve been able to explore and do whatever the heck we want. When you operate from that premise, when the shackles are off, it\u2019s up to you, and that\u2019s been really fun.<\/p>\n<p>If we want to record an instrumental, if we want to record a Spanish record, or we want to do this \u2014 we can do it all. We have nobody to tell us no. \u2026 So far, and certainly creatively, it\u2019s been the most rewarding time of my life in music.<\/p>\n<p>PD: And that\u2019s why the longevity. You have to get to a point where you\u2019re fulfilling those creative needs. If not, then it\u2019s a grind. So it\u2019s not a grind, it doesn\u2019t feel like a grind. It\u2019s hard to call this a job. There are challenges with our families and stuff, but the fact is that we are able to do, like Raul said, pretty much what we want to do, which has been the recipe for success for us in the past and continues to work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pstoVyw5GoI?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pstoVyw5GoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>When things started clicking for you in country music in the \u201890s, what was that like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RM: Those days \u2014 it\u2019s such a whirlwind that you don\u2019t really enjoy it, I gotta be honest. You don\u2019t have a life. It\u2019s work, work, work, no sleep, you\u2019re doing this, doing that. You don\u2019t know if it\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<p>All of a sudden you\u2019re staying at fancier places and people are recognizing you and you can afford nice things. But to really grasp what\u2019s happening, I don\u2019t think you do \u2014 at least I didn\u2019t \u2014 because you\u2019re just constantly working, you\u2019re constantly doing.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not to say we\u2019re not constantly working now. It\u2019s different now. I think time and perhaps a little wisdom has afforded us a little more balance to really take in what is happening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nb6QjnMNCDQ?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nb6QjnMNCDQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>And now we can look back and go, sure, those days we\u2019re great but the truth is those days were a blur because it was one thing after another, one party after another, one industry thing after another, and it was just constant.<\/p>\n<p>So what kept you grounded, if anything, was families and friends, and if you happened to survive all that, then you\u2019re better off for it. And most of us have. We\u2019ve come out of that craziness and we can apply all that we\u2019ve learned, all the mistakes, everything that we did wrong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypJ3dP7qCpE?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypJ3dP7qCpE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>What are you most proud of the past 30 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EP: Mine is easy. What I\u2019m most proud of, in all of us, is how much closer we\u2019ve become as friends and partners. It has nothing to do with the music because to me the relationships foster everything else that\u2019s good. If that\u2019s not right, then it\u2019s not worth doing. Then it really becomes a chore. This should not be a chore, the Mavericks is not about that. To me, I\u2019m most proud about that. We\u2019ve all lived a lot in the time the band went away for a few years, and I think coming back together, we realized if we\u2019re gonna do it, we need to put as much of ourselves into it as we can.<\/p>\n<p>Number one is our relationships with each other. There\u2019s a lot of trust and there are disagreements and all that stuff, but it\u2019s a business. That\u2019s to be expected. But what has come out of it more importantly for me than anything is the connection to my musical brothers here. After all these years I feel like we\u2019ve worked really hard to attain that, too. That doesn\u2019t come easy and isn\u2019t just automatically there. It\u2019s something that everyone has to work at and I feel most proud about that, honestly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i0haFBXHik4?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i0haFBXHik4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>RM: I would say that at this point looking back, I think I\u2019m proudest of the fact we\u2019ve always maintained \u2014 musically at least \u2014 a pretty high standard for ourselves. Whatever we\u2019ve put out, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything that we\u2019re\u2026 Well, not that I\u2019m ashamed, I am embarrassed about a couple things we\u2019ve put out, of course.<\/p>\n<p>But overall we\u2019ve really stuck to our guns. And especially the last six or seven years, that we\u2019ve been able to come back and make these new records, and make music that matters to people again. And maintain our own standards. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re lofty or higher, but they\u2019re for us. We\u2019ve been able to maintain that kind of quality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-UajuBAUkBs?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-UajuBAUkBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>PD: We\u2019ve doing this pretty much since the beginning really \u2013 to try to please ourselves musically with what we want to do. \u2026 We want it to be as good as it can be and to please us. So when you take that and record it, and take it to the stage, you\u2019re going to enjoy playing that music. We\u2019ve always kind of been known as a live band for a good live show, and I believe that one of the main reasons is because we\u2019ll get up there, we\u2019re playing the music that we love, that we created, and songs that we like.<\/p>\n<p>And that energy goes out into the audience. They feel that energy and hopefully that comes out to you in the Mavericks show, and then the energy becomes cyclical and exponential and that takes that energy up there! And we\u2019ve been able to maintain that, so it\u2019s not like, \u201cOh, you should\u2019ve seen them in the \u201890s.\u201d I agree with Raul, it feels like we\u2019re a better band than we were then.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qx6VLvtZrxM?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qx6VLvtZrxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>JDM: Kind of along the same lines, I would say that I\u2019m most proud that we bring so much joy to people. I love that our music has always kind of been that way and even more so these days in this crazy political world we live in and all the insanity going on. People rely on Mavericks music to put them in their happy place.<\/p>\n<p>We see it in the audience, we hear it from fans directly \u2013 \u201cYour music means so much to me! When I need to be in a good mood I put on some Mavericks and it makes me happy!\u201d And I think that\u2019s something to be proud of.<br \/>http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/video-clips\/z8lwvv\/hot-20-countdown-the-mavericks-celebrate-their-30th-anniversary<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1810018\/the-mavericks-take-control-with-new-music-90s-hits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by CMT.com Staff 27m ago As a country band emerging from the Miami club scene, The Mavericks have always sounded different \u2013 and that distinctive sound has carried the award-winning band across three decades. The band broke out internationally in the \u201990s with dazzling singles like \u201cO What a Thrill,\u201d \u201cWhat a Crying Shame,\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1313221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 05:50:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}